State Records

NOTE: In general, these records represent
official observations only, which generally started in 1888, but include a few
stations from earlier years. Before the Civil War, the popular press repeatedly
noted major off-season snowfalls in excess of these posted records and prior to
the opening of most official stations. No official records exist for the "year
without a summer," 1816, or any of the years in that decade, also exceptionally
cold. * On July 17, 1942, a great flood developed over the Smethport area,
resulting in an estimated 34.50" of rain--in just one day, including 30.60" in
only six hours, setting a world record. The official observing site, Smethport
Highway Shed, reported only 13.08" for the entire month, because the flood
consumed the guage after 6.68" of rain. The total results from the substitution
of the official estimated amount for the amount measured. In July 1947, portions
of Erie suffered a twenty-inch one-day deluge, although the reporting site
received substantially less precipitation. The most rainfall officially recorded
in July at an official reporting site is 17.89" at Wild Creek Reservoir, Carbon
County in 1945--also during that same decade.

January

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

85 °F

January 22, 1906

Freeport

Armstrong

Minimum Temperature

-42 °F

January 5, 1904

Smethport

McKean

Maximum Precipitation

12.81"

1996

Laporte

Sullivan

Minimum Precipitation

0.06"

1981

Everett

Bedford

Maximum Snowfall

84.4"

1978

Ebensburg Sewage Plant

Cambria

February

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

84 °F

1878-1887

State College

Centre

83 °F

February 11, 1932

Hyndman

Bedford

Minimum Temperature

-39 °F

February 11, 1899

Lawrenceville

Tioga

Maximum Precipitation

11.60"

1981

Tioga Hammond Dam

Tioga

Minimum Precipitation

trace

1968

Huntingdon

Huntingdon

Hyndman

Bedford

Maximum Snowfall

113"

2010

Laurel Summit

Somerset

March

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

92 °F

March 24, 1907

Everett

Bedford

Minimum Temperature

-31 °F

March 18, 1916

West Bingham

Potter

Maximum Precipitation

11.60"

1936

Galeton

Potter

Minimum Precipitation

0.00

1910

Skidmore (New Castle)

Lawrence

Maximum Snowfall

81.1"

1999

Mount Davis

Somerset

April

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

98 °F

April 25, 1915

Bloserville

Cumberland

April 26, 1915

Punxsutawney

Jefferson

April 19, 1976

Norristown

Montgomery

April 23, 1976

Port Clinton

Schuylkill

Minimum Temperature

-5 °F

April 1, 1923

Brookville

Jefferson

Corry

Erie

Saegertown

Crawford

Maximum Precipitation

14.92"

1874

Ephrata

Lancaster

Minimum Precipitation

0.19"

1950

Austinburg 2 W

Tioga

Maximum Snowfall

38.5"

1928

Somerset Main Street

Somerset

May

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

102 °F

1895

Lock Haven

Clinton

May 27, 1941

Marcus Hook

Delaware

Minimum Temperature

10 °F

May 10, 1966

Clermont 4 NW

McKean

Maximum Precipitation

15.02"

1894

Quakertown

Bucks

Minimum Precipitation

0.06"

1964

Bethlehem

Northampton

Maximum Snowfall

8.5"

1989

Bradford FAA Airport

McKean

June

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

107 °F

June 8, 1933

Sharon

Mercer

Minimum Temperature

20 °F

June 10, 1913

Somerset

Somerset

Maximum Precipitation

20.45"

1972

York 3 SSW Pump Station

York

Minimum Precipitation

0.02"

1966

Gettysburg

Adams

Maximum Snowfall

trace

1902

State College

Centre

1907

Cassandra

Cambria

Hanover

York

Wilkes-Barre

Luzerne

1918

Mount Pocono

Monroe

1945

Coudersport

Potter

Eagles Mere

Sullivan

Gouldsboro

Wayne

Hollisterville

Wayne

Scranton

Lackawanna

1950

Columbia

Lancaster

Hanover

York

Corry

Erie

Greenville

Mercer

Titusville 2 S

Crawford

July

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

111 °F

July 9, 1936

Phoenixville

Chester

July 10, 1936

Minimum Temperature

28 °F

July 9, 1963

Clermont

McKean

Maximum Precipitation

40.90"

1942*

Smethport

McKean

Minimum Precipitation

trace

1955

Middletown Olmstead Field

Dauphin

Myerstown

Lebanon

Maximum Snowfall

0.0"

August

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

108 °F

August 6, 1918

Claysville

Washington

August 4, 1930

Carlisle

Cumberland

Minimum Temperature

23 °F

August 29, 1982

Clermont 4 NW

McKean

Maximum Precipitation

23.66"

1955

Mount Pocono

Monroe

Minimum Precipitation

0.01"

1995

Strausstown

Berks

Maximum Snowfall

0.0"

September

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

106 °F

September 3, 1953

Stroudsburg

Monroe

Minimum Temperature

17 °F

September 28, 1947

Hawley 1 S Wallenpaupack Dam

Wayne

Maximum Precipitation

16.13"

1999

Marcus Hook

Delaware

Minimum Precipitation

0.00"

1917

Honesdale

Wayne

1985

Loyalhanna Lake

Indiana

Maximum Snowfall

1.0"

1993

Strongstown

Indiana

October

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

100 °F

October 5, 1941

Phoenixville

Chester

Minimum Temperature

7 °F

October 21, 1952

Coudersport

Potter

Maximum Precipitation

16.37"

2005

Matamoras

Pike

Minimum Precipitation

0.00"

1892

McConnellsburg

Fulton

1924

Bethlehem

Northampton

Centre Hall

Centre

Hamburg

Berks

Montrose

Susquehanna

Renovo

Clinton

Unity Reservoir

Westmoreland

1963

Beavertown

Snyder

Berne

Berks

Breezewood

Bedford

Chadds Ford

Delaware

Huntingdon

Huntingdon

Lebanon 4 WNW

Lebanon

Virginville

Berks

Maximum Snowfall

19.0"

1962

Corry

Erie

November

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

88 °F

November 3, 1961

Claysville 3 W

Washington

Minimum Temperature

-15 °F

November 29, 1930

Somerset

Somerset

Maximum Precipitation

13.93"

1985

Chalk Hill 2 ENE

Fayette

Minimum Precipitation

0.12"

1917

Centre Hall

Centre

Maximum Snowfall

60.5"

1933

Corry

Erie

December

Record

Date

Location

County

Maximum Temperature

82 °F

December 4, 1982

Washington 3N

Washington

Minimum Temperature

-29 °F

December 25, 1980

Clermont 4 NW

McKean

Maximum Precipitation

13.39"

1996

Joliett

Schuylkill

Minimum Precipitation

0.05"

1877

Carlisle

Cumberland

Maximum Snowfall

96.0"

1890

Blue Knob

Blair

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